Often people contact their ministers and say, “I have no one to talk to, no one to share my burden with, no one who has time to hear my cry. I need someone I can pour my heart out to.”
King David was constantly surrounded by people. He was married and had many companions at his side. Yet we hear the same cry from him: “To whom shall I go?” It is in our nature to want another human being, with a face, eyes and ears, to listen to us and advise us.
When Job became overwhelmed by his trials, he cried out with grief, “Oh that One would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me,!” (Job 31:35). He uttered this cry while sitting before his so-called friends. Those friends had no sympathy for his troubles; in fact, they were messengers of despair.
Job turned to Yehovah: “... behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. My friends scorn me: but my eye pours out tears unto Elohim - God.” (Job 16:19-20).
David urged God’s people to do likewise: “Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; Elohim - God is a refuge for us” (Psalm 62:8).
Eventually, suffering comes to us all, and right now multitudes of saints are chained down by afflictions. Their circumstances have turned their joy into feelings of helplessness and uselessness. Many are asking in their pain, “Why is this happening to me? Is God mad at me? What did I do wrong? Why doesn’t he answer my prayers?”
I believe in my heart that this word is an invitation to you from the God's Spirit to find a private place where you can frequently pour out your soul to Yehovah Elohim - God. David “poured out his complaint to his God and Father,” and so can you. You can speak to Yehovah Elohim - God about everything; your problems, your present trial, your finances, your health; and tell him how overwhelmed you are, even how discouraged you are. He will hear you with love and sympathy, and He will not despise your cry.
Yehovah answered David. He answered Job. And for centuries He has answered the heart cry of everyone who has trusted His promises. He has promised to hear you and guide you. He has pledged by oath to be your strength, so you can go to Him and come out spiritually renewed.
What an amazing God and Father we have who is as close to us as our breath, who loves us and desires us to come to him in a humble and contrite heart which He will always answer. He intervenes in our lives in so many unseen ways that we no nothing about. He wants us to come to Him for every need, for strength, for additional faith, for everything that we have need of to fulfil His will and plan He has for us. All that we have comes from His amazing grace.
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